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Date:	Sun, 28 Mar 2004 18:41:32 PST8PDT,4,1,0,3600,10,-1,0,7200,3600
From:	"Larry Tawa" <laror2004@speakeasy.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Help, I'm Trapped

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In <68013.13.40.21.28.03.2004@constellation.carrier>, on 03/28/2004
at 01:20 PM, Colin Campbell said:

>Larry Tawa wrote:

>>Coffee is brewing so couple more thoughts.
>>
>>(1) Recommended that the size of eCS 1.1 boot partition needs to be
>>greater or equal to 1.0 GB; any larger and booting that HPFS partition
>>will take much longer. I use a 1.0 GB eCS 1.1 boot partition on a logical
>>partition "E".
>>
>>
>This was interesting to me. I'm not sure what you meant by Greater than
>or equal to 1GB. Maybe less than or equal to? I have my eCS 1.1 on a
>2GB HPFS compatibility volume. It is over 3/4 unused. Does it really
>take longer to boot if it is "too big"?
>Thanks,
>Colin Campbell

Colin,

As Steven has mentioned, if chkdsk, a larger HPFS partition takes longer
to boot. As I stated before, the smallest recommended size for the boot
partition of eCS 1.1 is 1 GB and thats what I use.

Larry
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